Job summary
- Main area
- Cardiology- catheter lab
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 5
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 361-7215913
- Employer
- East and North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Lister Hospital
- Town
- Stevenage
- Salary
- £31,049 - £37,796 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 05/08/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Registered Nurse - Cardiology
NHS AfC: Band 5
Here at East and North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS Trust,
Our mission is:
Providing high-quality, compassionate care for our communities
Our vision to 2030 is:
To be trusted to provide consistently outstanding care and exemplary service
Job overview
We are recruiting for a Registered Nurse who shares our vision to be trusted to provide consistently outstanding care and exemplary service to our patients.
The Cardiac Suite at East and North Hertfordshire NHS trust, is currently looking for a dynamic and motivated Registered Nurse to join our progressive cardiology team.
The area provides 24/7 primary angioplasty service and is continuously expanding and developing the service provided, to ensure high quality patient care.
At the heart of everything we do are our core values: Include, Respect, and Improve. We encourage you to embrace these values throughout the recruitment process and in your role with us.
Main duties of the job
The successful candidate will assist the cardiologist in diagnostic and interventional procedures.
You will ensure the effective maintenance of paper and integrated electronic communication systems to enhance clinical practice.
You will undertake an active role in the development, monitoring and auditing of standards for use within the clinical area.
The post holder may also undertake and participate in clinical training in other Cardiac Centres to facilitate self-development as well as providing support to the department.
Working for our organisation
At East and North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS Trust, we are proud of the range of general and specialist services we provide and our 6,000 or so dedicated staff ensure our patients get the best care. Our ability to be flexible and innovative in the way in which we work and deliver our services to our catchment has never been more important than it is now.
We run the following hospitals:
- The Lister Hospital, Stevenage
- New Queen Elizabeth II (New QEII), Welwyn Garden City
- Hertford County, Hertford
- Mount Vernon Cancer Centre (MVCC), Northwood
We have ambitious plans to become an outstanding, patient-led Trust where dedicated staff provide high-quality, compassionate care to our patients. We continue to undergo significant transformation and our staff and patients are at the heart of delivering this ambitious agenda.
We are committed to a positive work life balance for our employees. This means that any employee is entitled to seek to work flexible working patterns and we are committed to listen and consider all requests. Such requests, of course, have to be made and considered formally, and will need to be balanced against service needs, but our starting point will always be to find ways to support making them happen.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification applicant pack for further detailed information regarding this role.
Person specification
Qualifications / Training
Essential criteria
- Registered nurse on part 1 or 12 of the NMC register
- Appropriate post registration course or relevant experience
- Evidence of continued professional development
Desirable criteria
- ILS provider
Previous Experience
Essential criteria
- Extensive post registration experience
Desirable criteria
- Understanding of the patient pathway including national waiting targets
- Previous experience within a cardiac catheter lab setting
- Experience of non-invasive cardiology tests
Skills
Essential criteria
- Excellent organisation and time management skills and an ability to prioritise own workload and that of others
- Excellent communication skills
- Ability to work as part of a team as well as independently.
Desirable criteria
- Computer literate and presentation skills
- Understanding of research and audit and a willingness to participate in these within the department
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Broad knowledge of cardiology and the management of cardiac conditions, with an understanding of ECGs
Other Requirements
Essential criteria
- Understanding of, and commitment to, equality, diversity and inclusion
- Role model our Trust values every day
- Ability to participate in a 24 hour on call service
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- christine jupp
- Job title
- Nurse Team Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01438284745
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